Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. Startup equity model. In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs.

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socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2015

The funding came from Phillipnes-based private equity investor Navegar. The startup outsources all kinds of of the back office tasks required by high tech companies like Savings.com, Expensify, Groupon, Uber, Tinder, and many others.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers. We started getting approached by venture capital and private equity, and we have eight figures in revenue. What's the background on Onestop Internet and what you do?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? It may be the right answer for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs the last couple of years is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. A good example site, and one of the earliest in this category, is IndieGoGo. Debt-based crowd funding.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

We also have a cloud-baesd, billing and practice management solutions, which enables them to manage all of their internal financial processes, and we also have solutions for billing and cloud-based outsourcing of back office tasks. We''ve raised around $72 million now in equity capital.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). equity debate. clearly didn’t cause this.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2012

The new hot topic for entrepreneurs these days is crowd funding, which is anticipated to at least supplement, if not replace, the slow and mysterious process of current Angel and venture capital investors. Crowd funding is exciting new territory, but I don’t see it replacing Angel and venture capital investors any time soon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The reality is that over 80 percent of new businesses will never attract venture capital or Angel funding, according to experts , and there are many good reasons for skipping that painful and distracting process. You don’t have to fight for your equity, and no one can slow you down in decision making.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. I'm Tired of Creating Your Content - Babbling VC , November 12, 2010 Jeff triggered this post in regards to his Check-in Fatigue on Foursquare. By doing the job.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Many companies decide to sell when they believe they have reached a strategic pinnacle and will need substantial capital to reach the next level to remain competitive and grow. Billion , an example of perfect timing can be witnessed by Bain Capital’s acquisition of the cybersecurity leader, Blue Coat Systems Inc.,

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

Perhaps it’s time to raise a round of Venture Capital funding and want a pitch presentation a bit more composed than the dusty Keynote you put together last year for your friends and family round. What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists?

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Clarify who gets equity , and how much. If outsourced development is needed, use Guru or Elance. Financing and Business Planning. Recommended.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 27, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4.

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

where her clients included global leaders in the outsourcing and telecom sectors and a number of prominent non-profits. As an undergradudate, Leila authored background papers for the World Bank's Development Research Group and Ashoka on equity and social rights. Dave McClure. . Rick Heitzmann.

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